Re: tiny inductor with every bypass cap?

"Vladimir Vassilevsky" <antispam_bogus@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Analog Devices ADUCxxxx series.

Thanks, I'll take a look; always interesting to see what else is out
there.

> The good thing about AVR is that it is possible to use the external 
> reference, and that the ADC input range is from 0 to Vcc. The ADC of TMS

> 28xx can't do that.

What Atmel did poorly with the AVR was allowing for a second, low-speed 
oscillator for, e.g., "sleep" mode.  They can do it, but only just barely
--  
they let you run one timer off of a second clock source (such as a 32kHz 
cystal), which then wakes up the CPU to do whatever.  Workable, but
nowhere 
near as robust as the TI MSP430, where some of them let you have a couple
of 
clock sources (e.g., 32kHz and 16MHz or whatever), run the entire CPU off
of 
either one (or the internal RC oscillator), switch between them on the
fly, 
etc.

I'm told they've attempted to imprveo on this situation in their new
"xMega" 
AVRs.

---Joel